Churn



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILES R. HUTCHISON AND JOSEPH L. WILEY, OF SHARON, O'HIO.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,359, dated November8, 1.881.

Application filed May 4,1881. (No model) To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, MILEs R. HUTCHISON and JOSEPH L. \VILEY, both citizensof the United States, residents of Sharon, in the county of Noble andState of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ghurns;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ot' the drawingsis a representation of a vertical sectionalview of our improved churn. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of thesame, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views. Fig. 6 is an enlargeddetail.

This invention has relation to barrel-churns which are centrally pivotedandoperate by vibration and theinvention consists in the constructionand novel arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A designates a folding stand orsupport, having on the upper ends of its branches the journalseats a,for the reception of the journals b of the barrel B, said journalsextending from bracket plates or bases which are secured to the sides ofthe barrel.

To the under side of the barrel are fastened the angular bracket-platesc, which are provided with squared holes d in their downturned ends, toreceive the squared endseof the spring branches or hangers O, to whichthe weightD is' secured. This weight is made of inexpensive metal, andthe hangers C have bent lower ends, which are embedded in the upperportion of the weight, the points at which they are embedded being somedistance apart. The space between these hangers allows them full playwithout interference or danger of wrenching out of the weight. When theweight is to be connected to the barrel the hangers are pressed towardeach other at their upper ends and sprung into engagement with thebrackets c by their outwardly-turned ends 0.

Any ordinary well-hooped keg or barrel may be employed for thechurn-body.- A rectangular opening is made in its upper portion foraccess to the interior, as shown in the drawings.

in the concave sides of the barrel-chamber are fitted, by their curvededges 9, the perma- -nent side sections, D, of the middle transversepartition. The inner edges, 2, of these side sections extend downwardvertically from the sides of the opening in the top'of the barrel, andare grooved in V formto receive the angular sides 8 of the middlesection or slide, E. This partition is slotted for action on the milk asthe barrel is vibrated, and the middle section is made removable tofacilitate the removal of the butter, as well as to render the churneasily cleaned. The loweredge of the middle section or slide, E, iscurved to fit the bottom of the barrel, as indicated at h.

F indicates the cover for the opening in the top of the barrel. This issawed out of the barrel in forming the opening; and in order to fill thekerf made by the saw, and to keep the cover in shape and preventwarping, it is provided with a flanged metallic margin, is. A stud, l,is formed on this margin or frame It,

which is designed to engage with a recess, 1",

in the edge of the opening of the barrel, and a button, m, is pivoted tothe barrel on the op posite side of the cover, so that it can befastened securely in place.

In order to provide the air-passage and at thesame time to preventsplashing, two holes, o, are bored through the cover at a littledistance from each other, and these holes are covered by the base orblock to of thehandle P, said base being recessed at a to formacommunication between the holes a and with the intermediate outer hole,b, which is made from the recess through the base to.

In order to operate the churn, a handle-crank, H, is pror ided.

Eaving described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The curved cover F, havingthe metallic marginal frame and stud l, incombination with the recess 1' in the edge of the barrel-opening, andthe fastening m, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

MILES R. HUTGHISON;

' JOSEPH L. WILEY.

Witnesses: RUFUS WILEY,

WILLIAM J. WALTERS.

